She has stepped down and has been named the head Coach Emeritus and Holly Warlick is named the new Head Coach. Statement from the University of Tennessee- Pat Summitt Named Head Coach Emeritus University of Tennessee Athletics
http://http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/tournament/2012/story/_/id/7692674/2012-women-ncaa-tournament-tennessee-lady-vols-pat-summitt-learned-hard-work-early-age Great story on Pat.
Thanks for everything Pat! You have represented the University with nothing but class and integrity. Sad times for UT athletics.
I feel like I'm attendimg UT during the worst 4 year stretch ever. Just sad stuff for the Summitt family.
I really don't care about women's bball, but there are very few people who achieve as much as she did in life and even less that achieve it with the character and class she did. For that reason alone, it's a sad, sad day.
I watched her from her second season. I saw someone who truly gave her ALL for the University of Tennessee. She is the greatest of all time in my book! Thank you Pat for the memories! Good Luck and may God bless!
Women's basketball is by no means my favorite sport, or even favorite women's sport for that matter. I loathe Lady Vol fans with a passion. That said, there are very few people in the world that I respect more than Pat Summit. She epitomized what greatness is and showed that you can be the best at what you do with integrity, class, and character. I am glad she will still be around the program and the university in her new role. Even though the odds are against her, I truly wish her the best. It's a sad day for Tennessee.
[MENTION=124]LawVol13[/MENTION] is riling up the rubes on Volquest. Only a matter of time before they call him a negavol and he gets the banhammer.
i totally get that she has earned a right to go out as she see fit, but this isn't going to work. this is essentially what they did this year.
A few on this board have taken that baton over the past year or so. [penis] has really pissed them off from time to time. I was told that I was on the top of a list a guy was making for when Dooley wins and he can remind those who didn't give their all for Dooley, I mean UT, or both, since are the same. Something like that. Particularly since the Otha Peters switch, they have been convinced that message board negativity is a key determiner in the decisions of young recruits. People seriously argue there that Peters saw message board posts about Dooley getting fired and that came to play in his decision to go to Arkansas.
Thank you Pat for the life long years you gave to UT and the respect that you have brought to our great University!!